Hi Nic, I have done all of those from the start - except free shipping (with a handful of exceptions), and sales are shocking right now. Will watch the other tips video, keep ‘em coming. eBay you may take out sales but you’ll never take our optimism, lol!🤪
Yup to 1, ish to 2, nope to 3, how the hell (?!?) to 4, hmm to 5 I find white backgrounds off-putting when I'm buying. Buying vintage, I want to see the thing in context, not floating in the air. Quality of photo is also more important to me when buying potentially unique items.
It doesn't mean you have to use 24 pictures for a CD. You just have to use one more than your competition. You don't have to run faster than the tiger; you just have to run faster than your friend.
So - you quite correctly raised a riot over your treatment by ebay. To try and mitigate the problem you have these wonderful personal conversations with ebay. You then broadcast this advise to your viewers. "Honest and frank conversations" - probably called click bait in other areas. WHY haven't Ebay broadcast this to everyone through their messaging systems. We were already aware of these "tips" by keeping up to date with ebays suggestions. Has it ever crossed your mind that you are being "used".
Hi Nic you've known about these tips for around 6-8 weeks, as you bought them up when you spoke with the eBay chap when you had your account frozen. Have you done/tried any of what you've just said..... If so have you noticed a difference in your sales? Old stock clearing or things like Impressions? Gratias
Hi Nick would you say that is working for you i see by your sales in your Ebay shop 20th total £93 so far on the 22nd £24.99 out of that you have to pay fees and post so not great unless i have missed something.
As a buyer there is nothing more frustrating than duplicate images! Who wants to see the lead image duplicated 23 times? It's a waste of everyone's time! So I say more images yes, duplicate images no! Great video.
I take 2 pics of the 1st pic then use the ebay background remover tool on the 1st one, I put N/A in the item specifics that are not relevant to that item, when doing pics of media 2 of top view then 1 of each side, then open it and 1 of it open, then 1 of manual and disc and then the back of case. These are some of what ebay told me to start doing. Make sense I guess
Please don't be telling people to stick anything in item specifics or to repeat photos. The whole point is for eBay to identify quality listings. It has to be relevant item specifics and useful photos. If bad sellers use it as a lazy hack, eBay are going to have to find a way of ignoring those junky listings.
Thanks Nic. I've just listed some CDS overkill 24 pictures and all fields filled in to experiment. And success all the CDS come in the top 10 searches. However when you use lowest price option the biggest cd seller on ebay cannot be beaten. But your theory should work on all items if its worth the time to overkill the listings 😂😂😂 Overkilled CD listing is number 1 when searching. (Shake it Dance Floor Classics cd) No 1 listing when searching (happy Christmas 20 classic Christmas Tracks cd)
I’ve done both free shipping and not and tbh I never notice the difference. Plus free shipping sellers just add the postage to the listing. I notice you list items around £5 with free shipping I mean it can’t be worth the hassle to list an item t once shipping and fees are taken off White background I’ve tried again no difference. Photos like you said you can only post so many photos of certain items. Imho items sell no matter how you list if someone wants the item Some items sell straight away where others take stars no matter how you do your listing
I’ve done both free shipping and not and tbh I never notice the difference. Plus free shipping sellers just add the postage to the listing. I notice you list items around £5 with free shipping I mean it can’t be worth the hassle to list an item t once shipping and fees are taken off White background I’ve tried again no difference. Photos like you said you can only post so many photos of certain items. Imho items sell no matter how you list if someone wants the item Some items sell straight away where others take stars no matter how you do your listing
this is helpful information. but it is sad to hear the algorithm is looking for any large amount of data as unposed to good data. this means i will be repeating photos and im being encouraged to spam nonsense in the item specifics.
Hi Nic. Your tips are great. I dont know though whether it would apply to my store. Firstly I always search with the lowest price and postage filter. that would erase most of those points. I also list that way look for the competition based on lowest price sell similar and adjust the price accordingly. most of my items are free shipping, but white background? when I list media I try and fill the picture so there is no background....
Im new reseller and have learned so much from you videos. how do yo decide what to sell? at the moment I feel lost as I have no idea what to sell? Thanks
Certainly valis info esp with items where lots of people are selling same or similar items. Not so sure how it will apply for one off or vintage items but most interesting!
First I want to take a moment to say I watched your other video about "sell similar" versus relisting stagnant listings. Great advise. I didn't know about listings being stagnant after days. It took SO long to go through my stagnant listings, end them, and sell similar. I'll do this on a regular basis so I don't have such a backlog of stagnant listings. Now for this video, I knew it was a good idea to use all the characters in the title, but I didn't know about word order. I was sort of doing everything covered in these tips, but now I will be sure to follow these instructions. Thanks for providing this information.
Keywords in title first five important. All others suggestions do all those and my sales are the worst they have been in 24 years of selling on ebay . Even promoted listings at 10% doesn't do anything. My page impressions are down nearly 4 million and page views down 4000 . I sell mainly clothing and the free for private sellers is killing it. Just make it 5% fee for business sellers to give us a chance.
ALL my listings have "FREE POSTAGE". Of course, this is nonsense. When I research COMPS, I take into account the total prices paid by buyers. An item might be £6 plus £3.99 P&P by one seller. Another might be £9.99 inc P&P. They are the same price to buyers! Any seller worth their salt should know their postage and packing costs and know if they have enough profit built in. Or.... making so much profit that even getting it slightly wrong wouldn't matter too much. "FREE POSTAGE" is psychological. Most buyers are fooled into thinking they are getting something for nothing. If you don't know all your costs in this game, you shouldn't be in it.
Hi Nick. Interesting tips thanks. I actually find that when I sell bric a brac and shoes on Vinted that a purple background seems to sell the items? I also use a brick wall for streetwear. X
Thanks for the info Nic. I had heard about white backgrounds before, but personally some items stand out better on a non white background - I'll take the hit! :o)
95% of my items above £10 have free shipping. Under £10 has shipping costs added. Im now going to start filling the rest of the photos up with my shop logo to see if that makes a difference
Thank you for the video, I've got a question please, we are currently selling from our flat but we can't use this address as full time traders in the future, does anyone have a suggestion for getting round this please?
I don't think you need a ton of pictures for media, but you should probably try to have more than most of your competition. For used media I usually take an overhead shot of the front and back, at least one inside shot, and then an angled shot of the front and side (which helps me find it).
It just might be worth a shot. I mean it can't hurt to try and it just may help your cash flow. Something to consider anyways. Thank you Nic for sharing these ebay tips. By the way Nic, I enjoy your videos very much, both picking and shipping videos. Also love when you throw in a transport video once in awhile. So much fun to watch you pop from one part of your house to the other in the blink of an eye. Take care my friend and say hello to Andrea for me. Your friend Mark from the States. As you would say, Ta,ta for now.
Many thanks again Nic for sharing the eBay endorsed tips, they were mostly new to me although I have already been doing the Titles, Backgrounds (I do use grey as well though as I find it gives a better colour balance) and number of pics. I also use 'Sell one like this' a lot based on higher priced sold listings as it is easier and I figure that as they have sold then something must be right with them.
the other issue is that we're rarely selling the "exact same item". so the issue is really why are totally irrelevant items being listed so highly in search results ? i honestly think this rep u spoke to is misleading.
Need to do a multi listing of a bulk item of say 20 in each to give it a good fair go and do the listings one with more pictures free shipping ect and see which one sells out quickest 😊
I will give it all a go. Nothing to lose as I got no sales until I can buy in new stock. It's worth a try I will do an experiment and do all five suggestions on a few listings
Doesn't everybody who is doing a search on E-Bay filter by lowest price after they have put in the words for what they are looking for? Wouldn't this make the algorithm irrelevant?
For example if I want to buy a book I put in the title of the book and the author and then filter by 'Lowest Price + P&P' - Then I buy the cheapest one at the condition level I prefer (Most probably from World of Books!!!!!) not the one that E-Bay wants to put at the top of their list because it has been so well listed and photographed but costs however much more
@@richyoz2630 true when searching a specific title, but if you are searching a subject matter in general then lowest to high is not as important. Say for example "Pet Training" rather than a specific book title
I’ve never understood why people charge shipping, it’s so much easier to just combine it in the price, and if you’re shipping cost is a make or break then you can’t be making enough profit on that item anyway.
Different types of marketing, many buyers will overlook shipping costs as they are used to paying them, and that pair of jeans may look like a better eye catching bargain of $20 plus $10 shipping, than the pair at $30 free post. ..Yay I paid $20 for these, bargain, vs these cost me $30. Simple perception.
Free shipping on items under a certain amount just doesn’t work for example item valued £10 free shipping so listed for £13.50 or £10 with with shipping at £3.50 or lust at original price at £10 free shipping and take a hit on postage
Hi Nic, I have done all of those from the start - except free shipping (with a handful of exceptions), and sales are shocking right now. Will watch the other tips video, keep ‘em coming. eBay you may take out sales but you’ll never take our optimism, lol!🤪
Yup to 1, ish to 2, nope to 3, how the hell (?!?) to 4, hmm to 5
I find white backgrounds off-putting when I'm buying. Buying vintage, I want to see the thing in context, not floating in the air. Quality of photo is also more important to me when buying potentially unique items.
Exactly for example cup n saucer white background or a nice setting on a table 🤷🏻
It doesn't mean you have to use 24 pictures for a CD. You just have to use one more than your competition.
You don't have to run faster than the tiger; you just have to run faster than your friend.
So - you quite correctly raised a riot over your treatment by ebay. To try and mitigate the problem you have these wonderful personal conversations with ebay. You then broadcast this advise to your viewers. "Honest and frank conversations" - probably called click bait in other areas. WHY haven't Ebay broadcast this to everyone through their messaging systems. We were already aware of these "tips" by keeping up to date with ebays suggestions. Has it ever crossed your mind that you are being "used".
Hi Nic you've known about these tips for around 6-8 weeks, as you bought them up when you spoke with the eBay chap when you had your account frozen.
Have you done/tried any of what you've just said..... If so have you noticed a difference in your sales? Old stock clearing or things like Impressions?
Gratias
Hi Nick would you say that is working for you i see by your sales in your Ebay shop 20th total £93 so far on the 22nd £24.99 out of that you have to pay fees and post so not great unless i have missed something.
I see this with a few sellers their yt videos don’t match up to their eBay shop sales
As a buyer there is nothing more frustrating than duplicate images! Who wants to see the lead image duplicated 23 times? It's a waste of everyone's time! So I say more images yes, duplicate images no! Great video.
Yes, I sell stamps and scan front and back.
There IS nothing else.
White background for white item doesn't work
I agree it looks awful. Especially if it's a white box or something.
I sell glow in the dark products, they need the black background to see the glow in the dark working
I sell stamps. They all have a white border. Need a black background
I take 2 pics of the 1st pic then use the ebay background remover tool on the 1st one, I put N/A in the item specifics that are not relevant to that item, when doing pics of media 2 of top view then 1 of each side, then open it and 1 of it open, then 1 of manual and disc and then the back of case. These are some of what ebay told me to start doing. Make sense I guess
Please don't be telling people to stick anything in item specifics or to repeat photos. The whole point is for eBay to identify quality listings. It has to be relevant item specifics and useful photos. If bad sellers use it as a lazy hack, eBay are going to have to find a way of ignoring those junky listings.
Thanks Nic. I've just listed some CDS overkill 24 pictures and all fields filled in to experiment. And success all the CDS come in the top 10 searches. However when you use lowest price option the biggest cd seller on ebay cannot be beaten. But your theory should work on all items if its worth the time to overkill the listings 😂😂😂
Overkilled CD listing is number 1 when searching. (Shake it Dance Floor Classics cd)
No 1 listing when searching (happy Christmas 20 classic Christmas Tracks cd)
Great stuff - not my 'theory' though... this was told to us by ebay
I’ve done both free shipping and not and tbh I never notice the difference. Plus free shipping sellers just add the postage to the listing.
I notice you list items around £5 with free shipping I mean it can’t be worth the hassle to list an item t once shipping and fees are taken off
White background I’ve tried again no difference. Photos like you said you can only post so many photos of certain items. Imho items sell no matter how you list if someone wants the item
Some items sell straight away where others take stars no matter how you do your listing
I’ve done both free shipping and not and tbh I never notice the difference. Plus free shipping sellers just add the postage to the listing.
I notice you list items around £5 with free shipping I mean it can’t be worth the hassle to list an item t once shipping and fees are taken off
White background I’ve tried again no difference. Photos like you said you can only post so many photos of certain items. Imho items sell no matter how you list if someone wants the item
Some items sell straight away where others take stars no matter how you do your listing
Can someone please share some insight as to filling item descriptions with NA, Does not Apply, Unkown
I will go through Every Listing i have and apply each of the 5 to each Item i have and give it the best chance available. See if it actually works
this is helpful information. but it is sad to hear the algorithm is looking for any large amount of data as unposed to good data. this means i will be repeating photos and im being encouraged to spam nonsense in the item specifics.
Hi Nic. Your tips are great. I dont know though whether it would apply to my store. Firstly I always search with the lowest price and postage filter. that would erase most of those points. I also list that way look for the competition based on lowest price sell similar and adjust the price accordingly. most of my items are free shipping, but white background? when I list media I try and fill the picture so there is no background....
Im new reseller and have learned so much from you videos. how do yo decide what to sell? at the moment I feel lost as I have no idea what to sell? Thanks
Is it just me or is it better without rhe algorithm. A lot of this is pointless.
Free shipping is also pointless.
You know there is an auto remove background in edit photo on eBay.
Wow this won't turn out good, eBay results are already bad enough as it is with false results
Hey Nic eBay actually has different backgrounds you can choose from like outdoor and a few others
Tip for photos of media, take a photo of spine, it will make it easier to spot your item when picking it from a stack
Certainly valis info esp with items where lots of people are selling same or similar items. Not so sure how it will apply for one off or vintage items but most interesting!
First I want to take a moment to say I watched your other video about "sell similar" versus relisting stagnant listings. Great advise. I didn't know about listings being stagnant after days. It took SO long to go through my stagnant listings, end them, and sell similar. I'll do this on a regular basis so I don't have such a backlog of stagnant listings. Now for this video, I knew it was a good idea to use all the characters in the title, but I didn't know about word order. I was sort of doing everything covered in these tips, but now I will be sure to follow these instructions. Thanks for providing this information.
end and sell similar in bulk from your actives page. I do 200 every week, and bulk drop price by $1 each time
What did they say about promoted listings.
you are a gem, Nick
Keywords in title first five important.
All others suggestions do all those and my sales are the worst they have been in 24 years of selling on ebay . Even promoted listings at 10% doesn't do anything. My page impressions are down nearly 4 million and page views down 4000 . I sell mainly clothing and the free for private sellers is killing it. Just make it 5% fee for business sellers to give us a chance.
ALL my listings have "FREE POSTAGE". Of course, this is nonsense. When I research COMPS, I take into account the total prices paid by buyers. An item might be £6 plus £3.99 P&P by one seller. Another might be £9.99 inc P&P. They are the same price to buyers! Any seller worth their salt should know their postage and packing costs and know if they have enough profit built in. Or.... making so much profit that even getting it slightly wrong wouldn't matter too much. "FREE POSTAGE" is psychological. Most buyers are fooled into thinking they are getting something for nothing. If you don't know all your costs in this game, you shouldn't be in it.
Hi Nick. Interesting tips thanks. I actually find that when I sell bric a brac and shoes on Vinted that a purple background seems to sell the items? I also use a brick wall for streetwear. X
Thanks for the info Nic.
I had heard about white backgrounds before, but personally some items stand out better on a non white background - I'll take the hit! :o)
If you're using GSP which adds an ebay price added which is not free then how does that affect the algorithm ?
95% of my items above £10 have free shipping. Under £10 has shipping costs added. Im now going to start filling the rest of the photos up with my shop logo to see if that makes a difference
Thank you for the video, I've got a question please, we are currently selling from our flat but we can't use this address as full time traders in the future, does anyone have a suggestion for getting round this please?
Great advice Nic, especially with the photos, thank you. (0.30 - 0.34 your knives suddenly disappeared). :)
Hi Nic, thanks for these insights. I've got items with lots of views and watchers but no purchases, will try some of these tips out thanks.
I don't think you need a ton of pictures for media, but you should probably try to have more than most of your competition. For used media I usually take an overhead shot of the front and back, at least one inside shot, and then an angled shot of the front and side (which helps me find it).
It just might be worth a shot. I mean it can't hurt to try and it just may help your cash flow. Something to consider anyways. Thank you Nic for sharing these ebay tips. By the way Nic, I enjoy your videos very much, both picking and shipping videos. Also love when you throw in a transport video once in awhile. So much fun to watch you pop from one part of your house to the other in the blink of an eye. Take care my friend and say hello to Andrea for me. Your friend Mark from the States. As you would say, Ta,ta for now.
Hi Nic. In in Australia. Do you know how to do free postage if you want to also have international on?
Many thanks again Nic for sharing the eBay endorsed tips, they were mostly new to me although I have already been doing the Titles, Backgrounds (I do use grey as well though as I find it gives a better colour balance) and number of pics. I also use 'Sell one like this' a lot based on higher priced sold listings as it is easier and I figure that as they have sold then something must be right with them.
the other issue is that we're rarely selling the "exact same item". so the issue is really why are totally irrelevant items being listed so highly in search results ? i honestly think this rep u spoke to is misleading.
I heard you only need to have your main picture to have a white background.
Interesting regarding the free shipping thing. I don't offer free shipping on any of my listings. Maybe I will switch some and see what happens!
Need to do a multi listing of a bulk item of say 20 in each to give it a good fair go and do the listings one with more pictures free shipping ect and see which one sells out quickest 😊
I will give it all a go. Nothing to lose as I got no sales until I can buy in new stock. It's worth a try I will do an experiment and do all five suggestions on a few listings
Doesn't everybody who is doing a search on E-Bay filter by lowest price after they have put in the words for what they are looking for? Wouldn't this make the algorithm irrelevant?
For example if I want to buy a book I put in the title of the book and the author and then filter by 'Lowest Price + P&P' - Then I buy the cheapest one at the condition level I prefer (Most probably from World of Books!!!!!) not the one that E-Bay wants to put at the top of their list because it has been so well listed and photographed but costs however much more
@@richyoz2630 true when searching a specific title, but if you are searching a subject matter in general then lowest to high is not as important. Say for example "Pet Training" rather than a specific book title
Nice video… It’s always great to see other peoples takes on topics like this….
Hi Nick, thanks for advice.
Thanks Nic 😊
I’ve never understood why people charge shipping, it’s so much easier to just combine it in the price, and if you’re shipping cost is a make or break then you can’t be making enough profit on that item anyway.
But what about international shipping costs that differ between countries?
Different types of marketing, many buyers will overlook shipping costs as they are used to paying them, and that pair of jeans may look like a better eye catching bargain of $20 plus $10 shipping, than the pair at $30 free post. ..Yay I paid $20 for these, bargain, vs these cost me $30. Simple perception.
Free shipping on items under a certain amount just doesn’t work for example item valued £10 free shipping so listed for £13.50 or £10 with with shipping at £3.50 or lust at original price at £10 free shipping and take a hit on postage